Cote d’Amour by L Artisan Parfumeur

JeanMaurice

Good one. Only good...
Sad ...a little sad for a oneday , great house.


7/10

pitbull friend

When I first smell the decant before putting it on, it's a pretty salty-mineral smell very similar to Ms. Ellena's earlier Sel de Vetiver. But when I put it on, it's just a pretty, gentle woody-spice scent of no particular artistry. It could easily have been concocted by someone less talented, blending essential oils at home.(Luckily, I don't get pimentosugars' mashed potato note.) Most perfumes last very well on me, but this is gone in less than an hour. I want to like these "natural" perfumes, but perhaps I've been spoiled by the artificial ones? If this sort of thing interests you, go for her gorgeous Sel de Vetiver (The Different Company) instead.

pimentosugars

Well this is very different.

A pity the bottle looks so cheap, and even the name lacks inspiration...a name like 'Sandpiper,' or 'A Stranger On The Shore' would have been more evocative, for the initial effect is bracing, wild, and a little bit forlorn. If this is the Coast of Love, clearly Love is no tropical Eden.

The rosemary, cypress and salt give an amazing tang, and above all, the overwhelming scent of gorse makes it feel reminiscent of those thirties films where the heroine walks the sand-dunes watching the sea, and above on the cliffs the gulls cry...

All very interesting, until something strange happens. A most peculiar note emerges, which I can only describe as tepid mashed potato, and not even a real potato - that dried stuff people use when they're too tired to peel!

Clearly the Coast of Love also has its tatty boarding houses with peeling wallpaper and fried breakfasts. And mash.

Um, no, I don't think so.